KatieMI BSN, MSN, RN

ICU, LTACH, Internal Medicine

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    Coming out with mental health... or not?

    KatieMI replied to KatieMI's topic in Health, Stress Management

    CBT - doing just that. But, unfortunately, it has nothing to do with VTach. Drugs - sorry, not. I saw way too many folks who liked Xanax and other good stuff a little bit too much. So far, after I...
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    Nursing in Russia?

    KatieMI replied to Parakeet's topic in International Nursing

    Mindofmidwifery, These are from just a few of modest hamlets of Mr. Putin. Just to help him to relax a little and invite a few friends for a cup of tea once in a while, you
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    Nursing in Russia?

    KatieMI replied to Parakeet's topic in International Nursing

    Here, there is something. All pictures done within the last year in different Russian hospitals with some from archives, so you may be assured that nothing changed that much for the last 100 years....
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    Nursing in Russia?

    KatieMI replied to Parakeet's topic in International Nursing

    Look here in a couple of days, I will find you some pics to think about. They are not 50 years behind, more like
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    CNN uncovers high surgical mortality rate for children at a Florida hospital

    KatieMI replied to Mavrick's topic in General Nursing

    NEradtech, Please. This big cheese of a surgeon brought moneys in that place. A whole d*** lot of them and then some more, because if they wanted to establish training program outlet, then they could...
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    Help Please (:

    KatieMI replied to drea.says's topic in General Nursing

    There are plenty of mostly sitting jobs available for nurses but the wast majority of them requires several years of bedside experience. You might want to think again about going to LPN way, as LPN's...
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    Nursing in Russia?

    KatieMI replied to Parakeet's topic in International Nursing

    Nursing in Russia has nothing in common with one in US. NOTHING. There is no ADN, BSN or MSN, all nurses have 2 or 3 years of technical school with zero admission standards. Nurses still officially...
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    The Worst Hospital Visitor I've Ever Seen

    KatieMI replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Yes, precisely. For the truth's sake, dentists use mouth blocks. But to used THAT on one's own parent just to stop some temporary cough, it is just beyond my
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    The Worst Hospital Visitor I've Ever Seen

    KatieMI replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Fresh from the field: Concerned family member of a very old, very sick patient who had a bit of secretions, was not yet able to cough them up and could not be deep suctioned often enough as he bit and...
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    American looking to study in Europe to become NP

    KatieMI replied to Eurohippus's topic in General Students

    The thing is, while medicine and UNDERGRAD nursing degrees have fair share of equivalence in courseload, skills, etc. while comparing US and Europe, there is no same comparison is GRADUATE CLINICAL...
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    Nurses against Narcotic Abuse

    KatieMI replied to RoyalNurse's topic in General Nursing

    I do my own version in where I work, mostly for people who are in LTACH but have good chances to get out of there alive and active AND either express concerns (and there are a lot of them,...
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    Nurses against Narcotic Abuse

    KatieMI replied to RoyalNurse's topic in General Nursing

    In my humble opinion of a nurse who works in setting where 80+% of patients are addicted by the graces of the previous health care's contacts (LTACH): - publuc campaign will bring nothing. Folks wanna...
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    Assesing damaged knee (on self)

    KatieMI replied to LiatrisAspera's topic in General Students

    From one who was in big sport: NEVER, EVER try to access yourself. Period. Physical assessment has it's limits, one being that a person cannot feel adequately on his/her own body. You can feel things...
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    suspended for doing the right thing...

    KatieMI replied to farmernurse26's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Sorry for the question, but: - what exactly are you treating - this child, or this child's blood sugar, everything else be d***ed? I spent a whole lot of my school days crying in the corner because...
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    Why does Tamoxifen cause clots, edema, hypercalcemia & elevated triglycerides/cholesterol?

    KatieMI replied to 757RN's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Yeah, you got it. Welcome to the wonderful world of REAL
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    American looking to study in Europe to become NP

    KatieMI replied to Eurohippus's topic in General Students

    May I ask you why do you think that getting mid-level degree in Europe where there are much less of them and their scope of practice is more limited is better than doing the same in the USA? Just...
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    Why does Tamoxifen cause clots, edema, hypercalcemia & elevated triglycerides/cholesterol?

    KatieMI replied to 757RN's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Tamoxifen is not estrogen antagonist. It works as competitive antagonist in only two groups of tissue: breast and endomethrium. In all other places it works as estrogen receptor modulator. This latter...
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    Recovery time

    KatieMI replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    I usually do not feel that much tired after 2 shifts, after 3 in a row i've got to have bed strike till next midday or so. Kids and hubby are keeping mommy running, and I am going to back to school...
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    Applying to NP schools

    KatieMI replied to KP115's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Just accepted in University of Michigan MSN/FNP. GPA 3.95 from BSN. When I spoke with advisor before applying, she made a point that GPA makes 70% of their final decision score and, although it was...
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    Any one else have issues with a Foley cath?

    KatieMI replied to hattrick7's topic in General Nursing

    Well, you didn't see a good 'ol traumatic emergency intubation with patient being like 90% awake yet, did you? Just to warn you - it looks many times worse:scrying: Seriously - this happens, like...
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    Failed, nclex rn 5 times! Help?!?!

    KatieMI replied to lystacy's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Lystacy, Length of question has nothing to do with its "level". All NCLEX bank questions are written under strict guidelines. They all have certain elements which you must identify, recognize and...
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    Failed, nclex rn 5 times! Help?!?!

    KatieMI replied to lystacy's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Agree with above posters. You need to do questions. Lots of them, at least 100/day and up to 300, timed to 45 seconds/answer. It is harder than real thing but only one way to push your brain to work...
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    painless injection?

    KatieMI replied to IHeartPeds87's topic in General Nursing

    As a person who took more shots than probably 95+% of general population, I can honestly say that it is 1) nothing new, and 2) won't work. In high profile sports (where I'd been for a while) local...
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    Would you file a complaint?

    KatieMI replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Well, and even if manager/administration knows, there is a good possibility that nothing will change. In fact, I kinda suspect that they do know. Blankets, water, even BP on the "wrong" hand is one...
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    HELP ! RN,NP,MD need your advise

    KatieMI replied to Jivchik's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    1). If your nursing degree is from abroad and you are licensed in NY, you need to be a little careful with NP schools from other states because you will need to be licensed in the state your school is...